Tuesday afternoon, the Yreka Lady Miners varsity softball team kicked-off the Northern Athletic League season with a home doubleheader versus Central Valley.

Yreka came into this match-up after finishing 6-0 and winning the 2013 Miners Classic Tournament this past weekend.

Yreka continued to

perform well on the field on Tuesday, downing the Falcons 4-2 and 13-3. With the wins, Yreka improves to 14-5-2 on the year, and 2-0 in league.

"The girls did what they needed to do today," head coach Ken Dysert said. He added that it certainly helps his team's confidence to begin league with two wins.

In game one, the Lady Miners took a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning. During the first five innings, Central Valley had gone three up and three out all but once.

In the bottom of the fifth, Abbi Hansen hit an RBI double to send Breanna Ruelas home, making it 2-0. Later in the inning, senior Riva Martin hit a two-runRBI single to push the lead to 4-0.

Central Valley was able to get on the board in the top of the sixth, sending two batters home to make it 4-2. However, in the seventh inning, the Lady Falcons went three up and three out, including two strikeouts for pitcher Kendall Moser, to end the game. Ruelas went 3-for-4, while Riva Martin went 1-3 with two RBI's.

Central Valley got off to a hot start in the second game, scoring two quick runs in the first inning. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the second, Moser was able to run to home off of an error by Central Valley's catcher. With two outs, Taylor Brown then hit a two-run RBI single to put Yreka up 3-2. Chantell Fraser hit an RBI triple to send Brown home, thus making it 4-2. Ruelas sent Fraser home on a base hit. In the top of the third, the Falcon's scored what would be their final point of the day as they trailed 5-3.

In the bottom of the inning, with no outs and bases loaded, Mckenzie Pellizzer hit an RBI single. Brown followed her with another RBI single, and two batters later another RBI single was hit. The next two batters were walked, and at that point the score was 10-3. Moser sent two more runs in with a base hit.

Yreka was able to score one more in the fourth to give them a 10-run lead. The game ended after the top of the fourth, as Central Valley couldn't cut the lead to single digits, and lost via the 10-run rule.

Dysert said that after a slow start hitting the ball in the first game, he was glad to see progress in game two.

"We need to be more selective at the plate," he said. "They did a lot better in the second game and it showed."

Page 2 of 2 - Yreka next plays on Friday versus Central Valley on the road.